Twin Cities Ukulele Club - UkeAm﻿e﻿ricana Jam﻿﻿﻿www.UkeAmericana.us﻿﻿

What is a Jam - Jam sessions are often used by musicians as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs, and jams are often loose gatherings of amateurs who get together to play music. Jams are fun times to play music with others.

The Uk﻿eAmerican﻿a﻿ Jams -These are jams, not lessons or workshops. However, the uke is so easy to play that even if you have never played before, we’ll show you simple chords to get you playing along right away.

Need help playing the uke?Twin Cities Ukulele Club UkeAmericana jams will start with a ﻿6:30 p.m. half hour basic workshop﻿. This is for those who are new uke players or who haven’t played uke much or recently. The whole idea is to introduce and practice chords, chord changes, 1 4 5, and other concepts to new or less experienced uke players before the jam. Then, we will start playing songs right at 7.

UkeAmericana Music in this jam is from the traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, cowboy, country and blues. We do play rock and pop rock, but balanced with other UkeAmericana songs.

Think Hootenannies, Campfi﻿res ﻿and Bluegrass/Ol﻿d Time singing on the front porch.﻿When -The 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month from 7 to 9 p.m.

Who - The jam emphasis will be on ukulele. This jam is geared for beginners to advanced uke players, with an emphasis an keeping things simple so all can participate right from the beginning. This UkeAmericana jam is open to the public.

﻿Wh﻿at﻿ -A moderate paced Ukulele Americana Jam led by Tony Anthonisen and sponsored by MBOTMA (Minnesota Bluegrass and Old Time Music Association). The jam focus will be on helping all jammers feel welcome and part of the jam - from the beginning. C﻿lick he﻿re for a list of songs from the Yellow Book.

Where -Kenwood (Park) Community Center – 2101 Franklin Ave. W, Minneapolis, MN 55405 - For more information about the Kenwood Park Community center click here. For a map click here.

Highly Recommended﻿ Resources f﻿or﻿ BUG and U﻿keAmericana Jams - We routinely use songs and tunes from our ﻿BUG Song and Tune List﻿ and Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele, which is available at a number of places locally and online. For the BUG Song and Tune list,cli﻿ck he﻿re. All songs and tunes on the BUG List are available for free download to those who attend Twin Cities Ukulele Club jams.#260fda Most jammers print out these songs and put them in a BUG 3-ring binder for use at jams. For the UkeAmericana Song List, click here. We will also use the Yellow Book(www.fleamarketmusic.com)on a very limited basis, but the BUG Songs and Tunes and the Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele book will be our primary sources of songs. Questions - Automatic No﻿tificati﻿on of Events - You may ask questions and sign up for automatic e-mail notification of the BUZZ, BUG and UkeAmericana jams by contacting TwinCitiesUkeClub@icloud.com.For a Twin Cities Ukulele Club information sheet, click here.

Why? - Because you just never see someone playing a uke without a smile on their face!